Imagine spending a career wanting to play the lead in Annie, to eventually realise you are only good for Miss Hannigan. That is the fate of Sian Silver. Played with verve by Liz Ewing, sporting more sequins than is medically safe, she is a 75-year-old singer whose seasons in the fictional town of Sunthorpe On Sea are coming to an end.
In this bijou lunchtime musical written by actor turned playwright Hannah Jarrett-Scott and actor turned composer Brian James O’Sullivan, she gives us a taste of her routine: bouncy music-hall numbers, delivered with a cheery smile and brassy confidence. [READ MORE]